CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 13 



One of the specimens in the case was shot near 

 Brighton, in May, 1868 ; the other in the marshes near 

 Hickling Broad, in Norfolk, in May, 1873. 



TURNSTONE. (SUMMER.) 

 Case 15. 



Turnstones in their summer dress may usually be 

 looked for along the coast about the middle of May. 



Some few of these birds occasionally remain the whole 

 of the summer in Great Britain. This is particularly the 

 case along the rocky parts of the coast, commencing 

 with the Fern Islands, and terminating opposite the 

 Bass Rock, in the Firth of Forth. 



Their being found at this time of the year has led 

 some writers to state that they breed on our shores ; 

 but up to the present time, I believe, no authenticated 

 eggs have been taken in this country. 



I have on two or three occasions shot a few of these 

 late-staying birds on purpose to examine them, and 

 have always found that, although in what might be 

 styled summer plumage, they were never nearly so per- 

 fect in colour as the birds that pass along the coast in 

 May, giving one the impression of their being either 

 backward or sickly. 



They feed on the small worms and salt-water insects 

 which are found on the rnudbanks and rocks they 

 frequent. 



It is a common habit with these birds to turn over 

 seaweed, stones, and dead fish, or other refuse under 

 which their food might be concealed. 



Two of the specimens in the case were obtained on 



